Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1991

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1991 were Ashley for girls (903 babies) and Michael for boys (1,961). Social Security records list 77,837 babies born in Massachusetts in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1991

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tayla: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Meaghan: 81 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Siobhan: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kerry: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shauna: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Michaela: 67 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kerri: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Eliza: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Jillian: 181 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mikaela: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Liam: 40 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Conor: 82 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brendan: 199 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dana: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bradford: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shayne: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 279 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brendon: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	903	↑1	1
2	Jessica	895	↓1	2
3	Amanda	836	–	4
4	Sarah	729	↑1	6
5	Samantha	728	↓1	5
6	Stephanie	653	–	7
7	Nicole	617	↑1	15
8	Emily	615	↑3	10
9	Jennifer	567	↓2	8
10	Elizabeth	548	↓1	9
11	Lauren	509	↑1	13
12	Brittany	483	↓2	3
13	Kayla	454	–	12
14	Rebecca	410	–	21
15	Rachel	397	↑4	14
16	Danielle	389	↑1	17
17	Melissa	384	↑1	20
18	Katherine	382	↓3	25
19	Alexandra	376	↑1	36
20	Michelle	339	↓4	22
21	Courtney	329	↑1	19
22	Alyssa	314	↓1	30
23	Megan	294	–	11
24	Kelsey	272	↑10	26
25	Christina	264	↑1	31
26	Victoria	262	↑10	28
27	Laura	258	↓3	35
28	Kelly	254	↑1	42
29	Julia	235	new	67
30	Hannah	234	↑3	29
31	Chelsea	229	↑10	18
32	Kimberly	229	↓5	34
33	Caitlin	225	↑2	55
34	Erin	224	↓6	44
35	Heather	217	↓10	23
36	Meghan	212	↓4	94
37	Molly	212	↑7	74
38	Brianna	204	new	51
39	Mary	203	↑8	38
40	Taylor	201	new	32
41	Katelyn	200	↑4	75
42	Cassandra	199	–	54
43	Kristen	197	↓13	48
44	Kathryn	192	↓6	57
45	Catherine	190	↑1	72
46	Olivia	188	new	61
47	Amy	187	↓16	43
48	Erica	183	–	40
49	Jillian	181	↓9	>100
50	Sara	179	↓1	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,961	–	1
2	Matthew	1,415	–	3
3	Christopher	1,316	–	2
4	Nicholas	1,023	↑1	12
5	Daniel	951	↓1	6
6	Joseph	904	↑1	9
7	Ryan	902	↑2	11
8	John	901	–	10
9	Andrew	865	↓3	5
10	Joshua	800	↑1	4
11	James	799	↑1	7
12	David	780	↓2	8
13	Robert	697	–	13
14	Jonathan	691	–	20
15	Kevin	682	↑3	23
16	Kyle	626	↑6	21
17	Thomas	610	↑4	28
18	Alexander	604	↑5	26
19	Anthony	601	–	18
20	Patrick	595	–	35
21	William	583	↓6	19
22	Justin	570	↓6	14
23	Timothy	546	↑1	32
24	Brian	524	↓7	30
25	Zachary	479	↑4	22
26	Tyler	471	↑8	16
27	Benjamin	444	↓1	33
28	Sean	444	↓3	40
29	Eric	422	↓2	25
30	Steven	418	–	27
31	Stephen	416	↓3	41
32	Jacob	377	↑10	17
33	Jeffrey	370	↓2	45
34	Richard	335	↓2	34
35	Adam	320	↓2	36
36	Mark	317	↑1	47
37	Samuel	308	↓2	39
38	Brandon	294	↑7	15
39	Peter	279	↑1	77
40	Paul	276	↓4	53
41	Jason	259	↑3	49
42	Gregory	247	↓3	55
43	Nathan	243	–	42
44	Derek	241	↓6	59
45	Scott	228	↓4	57
46	Charles	223	↑3	38
47	Corey	207	–	58
48	Jeremy	204	new	43
49	Brendan	199	↓1	>100
50	Alex	198	–	63

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